A 38-year-old woman was taken into custody after a disturbance. She allegedly used a bat to strike a 13-year-old boy, causing injuries to his arm. The woman had a conversation with officers over the phone, during which she admitted to threatening the boy.
Further details about the incident are available. The woman was booked into jail on suspicion of aggravated assault and evading arrest.
The incident led to the woman's arrest on September 4, after officers had spoken with her and the boy.
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The Compass Academy volleyball team swept Van Horn in a nondistrict game Tuesday at home. The Lady Cougars won by scores of 25-14, 25-21, 25-6. Compass Academy improved to 23-4. The Lady Cougars will next face Midland Trinity at 6 p.m. Friday in Midland. The post HIGH SCHOOL VOLL...
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MIAMI (AP) — Flight data suggest an Amazon cargo plane tried to abort an unsteady landing at Miami International Airport before smashing into a van and killing five people inside, according to information investigators released Tuesday. National Transportation Safety Board invest...
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Leaders of the Southeastern Conference will meet Thursday to discuss whether to take the extraordinary step of kicking LSU out of the league in the wake of an ugly feud over first-year coach Lane Kiffin’s now-abandoned effort to field players who signed contracts with NFL teams a...
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Odessa residents will see a slight property tax and water rate increase following the adoption of the 2026-2027 budget Tuesday.
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Four Odessa men were arrested last week following a drug investigation at a Howard Johnson Motel on Highway 80. According to an Odessa Police Department report, detectives received information methamphetamine was being sold by a man later identified as Christian Gonzalez. The det...
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A 32-year-old motorcyclist was killed Saturday afternoon in a collision at 61st Street and Grandview Avenue. According to the Odessa Police Department, Leeroy Gardea was traveling south on Grandview on a Kawasaki motorcycle when the driver of a Ford F250 failed to yield the right...
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The U.S. on Tuesday destroyed five Iranian tankers in response to attempted missile attacks on a Navy warship, marking the latest tit-for-tat strikes between the two countries. Earlier, Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia ignited fires at several oil facilities and wounded dozens of p...
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LONDON (AP) — An air traffic control problem disrupted travel across Britain on Tuesday, canceling more than 1,000 flights and leaving passengers stranded for hours on airport runways and in terminals, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24. Britain’s National Air Tra...
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CANFIELD, Ohio (AP) — An armed man accused of charging toward Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton during a campaign stop at a fair was trying to ask the Democrat questions, a prosecutor said during the man's arraignment Tuesday. No one has publicly said what 38-year-old Patric...
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With its first 2-0 start in four years, the Odessa High football team will now make its road trip of the season this week. After victories over MX Prep (Mexico City) and El Paso Coronado, the Bronchos will now have to face 6A powerhouse San Antonio Johnson (1-0) at 7 p.m. Friday ...
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The Permian football team survived its first major road test of the season last week. The Panthers will get another challenge on the road when they face a familiar foe this week. Permian moved to 2-0 for the season with last week’s 45-38 win against Harker Heights at Leo Buckley ...
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BOSTON (AP) — A lone juror blocked the acquittal of Lindsay Clancy, despite acknowledging during deliberations that he had doubts about her guilt, the jury’s foreperson said in a TV interview Tuesday. The interview with Boston’s NBC10 aired four days after a judge declared a mist...
